The price of inequality

Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems.

Main Author: Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems.
Physical Description: xxxi, 414 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780393088694 (hbk.)
0393088693 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Joseph Stiglitz is professor of economics at Columbia University.